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Advisory details: vulnrichment / CVE-2016-3627
Advisory ID vulnrichment/CVE-2016-3627
Aliases
Summary The xmlStringGetNodeList function in tree.c in libxml2 2.9.3 and earlier, when used in recovery mode, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion, stack consumption, and application crash) via a crafted XML document.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 7.5
ssvc Track
Reference id Reference type URL
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1
10 Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/May/10
1035335 Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035335
2 Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/21/2
3 Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/21/3
84992 Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84992
docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05157239 Other https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05157239
GLSA-201701-37 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37
index?page=content&id=SB10170 Other https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10170
msg00055.html Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00055.html
msg00127.html Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00127.html
RHSA-2016:1292 Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1292
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at None
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-04T15:39:17Z/ Found at None

Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-04T15:39:17Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2016/3xxx/CVE-2016-3627.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2016-3627

View SSVC decision tree 
[{'Exploitation': 'none'},
 {'Automatable': 'yes'},
 {'Technical Impact': 'partial'},
 {'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
 {'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
 {'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]